Diyar Hishyar, a Syrian activist based in Erbil, told ARA News that Fatima was transferred to a hospital in Erbil immediately after taking in the capsules.

“However, she couldn’t survive,” said Hishyar.“The young girl committed suicide due to her parents’ pressure to marry a man, while she was in love with someone else.”

The Syrian female activist Hamdiya Ismail told ARA News that the parents are to blame for the incident.

“Fatima’s parents couldn’t understand that the pressure may lead to such a tragic end,” she said. “However, committing suicide remains a taboo which must be avoided as no reason deserves killing oneself for the sake of others.”

According to Ismail, lack of awareness among parents contribute to occurrence of such incidents.

Jalila Ouje, member of Rojava Women Union in Syria, stated in an interview with ARA News: “I do not deny that the suffering of the Syrian refugees is immense, but parents should avoid putting psychological pressure on their children, especially the teenagers who are mostly unaware of their reactive behaviours.”

Fatima left her hometown of Tel Kocher in Hasaka province north Syria with her family and resorted to the Iraqi Kurdistan nearly one year ago, after the escalation of violence in the area amid clashes between Islamists and Syrian Kurds.